Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya (IKSV), also Indira Kala Sangeet University, is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private unive ...

located in Khairagarh, Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh,

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History

In 1956, Maharaja Birendra Bahadur Singh and maharani Padmavati Devi, the then King and Queen of the princely state of Khairagarh, donated their palace to open a university of music, dance and visual arts. The university was named after their deceased daughter, Indira Devi, who died young and had been both fond of and accomplished in music. It claims to be Asia's first musical university. The institution was run under the

Government of Madhya Pradesh Government of Madhya Pradesh also known as the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and its 52 districts. It consists of an executive ...

until the creation of the new state of Chhattisgarh in 2001. Thereafter, it is run under the Government of Chhattisgarh.

Facilities

The university has collection of more than 40,000 books and a good number of audiotapes, CDs and video slides of Indian masters of Painting. Listening facilities are available for the students. The university also has a collection of works of the contemporary master painters of India, folk and tribal artists of different regions. It has a mini musical-instrument gallery having a collection of classical and folk musical instruments. There is a mini archaeological museum with a collection of regional archaeological art collections and documentation. The university provides hostel facilities to both the male and female students. Accommodations are available for overseas students as well. All teaching instructions will be provided in English for the foreign students.

Department

The university is divided into 21 departments in five section, music, dance,

visual arts The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile art ...

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

and arts.

Museum

The university has a museum inside it which is under the department of Department of Ancient Indian History Culture & Archeology.

References

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* Universities in Chhattisgarh Music schools in India Art schools in India Dance schools in India Educational institutions established in 1956 Rajnandgaon 1956 establishments in Madhya Pradesh {{Chhattisgarh-university-stub